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remote In a physically separate location. For example, an employee
away on travel who logs in to the company’s intranet is a remote user.
RJ-45 Registered Jack Standard-45
The 8-pin plug used in transmitting data over phone lines. Ethernet cabling usually uses this type of connector.
routing Forwarding data between your network and the Internet on the
most efficient route, based on the data’s destination IP address and current network conditions. A device that performs
routing is called a router.
subnet A subnet is a portion of a network. The subnet is distinguished
from the larger network by a subnet mask which selects some of the computers of the network and excludes all
others. The subnet's computers remain physically connected to the rest of the parent network, but they are treated as
though they were on a separate network. See also network mask.
subnet mask A mask that defines a subnet. See also network mask.
TCP See TCP/IP.
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
The basic protocols used on the Internet. TCP is responsible for dividing data up into packets for delivery and
reassembling them at the destination, while IP is responsible for delivering the packets from source to
destination. When TCP and IP are bundled with higher-level applications such as HTTP, FTP, Telnet, etc.,
TCP/IP refers to this whole suite of protocols.
Telnet An interactive, character-based program used to access a
remote computer. While HTTP (the web protocol) and FTP only allow you to download files from a remote computer,
Telnet / allows you to log into and use a computer from a remote location.
TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol
A protocol for file transfers, TFTP is easier to use than File Transfer Protocol (FTP) but not as capable or secure.
Trunk Two or more ports are combined as one virtual port, also called
as Link Aggregation.
TTL Time To Live
A field in an IP packet that limits the life span of that packet. Originally meant as a time duration, the TTL is usually
represented instead as a maximum hop count; each router that receives a packet decrements this field by one. When the
TTL reaches zero, the packet is discarded.
twisted pair The ordinary copper telephone wiring long used by telephone
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